usb connectivity in car not working after ios 8 update

I have not tried it again, so will have to see if it's still working. I hope so.

Yes, 8.1 upgrade. Must be wishful thinking of an upgrade that will eliminate all of these problems.

Are you listening Apple!

I'm still having this problem also, even after updating to 8.1 - connects via lightening cable without any trouble about 75% of the time, the other 25% of the time i have to hard reset my phone as it acts as if i am unplugging and re-plugging every 10 seconds and continues to try to connect. Bluetooth (for calls) has no issues for me (Nissan Connect in 2013 Dualis) but the aux connectivity has been troublesome since ios 8.

Today is actually the first day I have been able to connect with lightening usb cable. Bluetooth has been working fine, however, I would rather use the screen on my car and choose songs/playlists......and shuffle (cannot do in bluetooth - all my songs play in alphabetical order).

Again, Apple really needs to step up an step in with a fix.

I've got the same USB connectivity issues with my Sony MEXBT3000P stereo in my Honda.

With iOS 7, the USB connection was almost flawless, I could browse and play back music and podcasts via the stereo controls.

With iOS 8.1, I can browse music but I cannot play back. It does not seem to be able to choose the correct track or make it play. It is also prone to pausing intermittently. I can find music and play it back via the phone itself but this is obviously a safety issue.

Unfortunately as one of the earlier posts mentioned, the next time I plugged in my phone with the USB in my Mazda, it did not work. When is Apple going to fix this?

i have the iPhone 5c and had this problem and 02 have suggested the following:

Go to Settings>>> General>>> Reset>>> Reset Network Settings

Once the hand set has rebooted press the Home Button and Power Button at the same time.

Hold the buttons for a few seconds, ignoring the Slide To Power Off message.

Release the buttons after the Apple icon appears.

Now restart your handset again by pressing on the power button.

That was a soft reset and network reset and 'seems' to have worked ...

Did you see if it breaks again the second time you use your phone?

I have a similar issue in my 2010 Yukon. The IPhone 5 worked great with IOS 7 but after installing IOS 8 and even the latest updates I have to reboot my phone every time I want to attach it to my factory car stereo via USB. It's frustrating and again another reason I'm thinking of changing phone brands soon.

I have a 2012 Honda Accord and the steering wheel/Dash controls all worked FLAWLESSLY before the iOS 8, 8.02, 8.1 updates.

Now nothing. It's only the best selling car in America Apple! Come On! 5s and 6.

I Had this same problem too once ios8.1 was installed on a 4S with my Nissan Connect system.

But it's resolved now and all I did was go to Settings > Music and then turn off Lyrics and Podcast Info, Group By Album Artist and Show All Music. Next turned off iPhone. Then plugged the iPhone back into the USB cable in my car. iPhone turns on and a message appeared on my iPhone saying the connected device was not compatible with this iphone ( which I'd never seen appear before) then unplugged USB cable and turned on the three settings above which I had turned off previously.

Plugged iPhone back into the USB cable and hey presto all now working!

I have tried afterwards unplugging iphone, rebooting, turning car off and on etc etc but it still works :-)

I Have no idea why this worked, but I hope sharing this may help others with similar issues.

Wish I could turn off "Show All Music" but those of us who use iTunes Match streaming (which is a ton), that's not possible. I'll give it a try though and see what happens. Thanks

As a tidbit of info, I decided to call Apple today on this. I have a 2010 Terrain with Nav and a 2012 Charger with uConnect. All of my iOS 8 devices stopped working and my old 4s with ios7 still works. After being escalated, I spoke with a great senior advisor who also discussed this with multiple other senior advisors. None of them were aware of these issues and agreed it is a major problem. They do not have any articles posted about this problem and are seemingly unaware that this problem ever existed outside of the bluetooth pairing problems that seem to have been resolved in 8.1. They are working with me going through various troubleshooting steps to narrow down where the issue is coming from.

My advice would be to call Apple instead of posting in forums about how Apple should fix it. They can't fix what they don't know is broken. The support rep lead me to this thread and he is documenting the issue as we go along as well as info from this thread. I'll be doing a few more steps when I get home and calling them back.

Thanks Apple Support! 🙂

Wizalite = I'll try your fix tonight. I'll post if it works for me. It may tale a day or so since it's not always that I have to re-boot to get it to work but it seems like every or every other time I try to use it.

Crysalis = So Apple doesn't read their own message boards?

Thank you both for posting

Njperrone - just to add toggling those settings in Music since, has so far not "broken" it again. I had tried lots of the usual kinds of troubleshooting, swapping cables, rebooting, checked for updates for the audio system and so on. Nothing worked until changing those settings one time, powering down and so on. Just good luck? Who knows? Anyway hope you get it working.